A small finish

Sep 02, 2008 41 Replies

Carol Doak's online paper piecing group was treated to a BOM over the course of the past year. I finished each block as it came out -- all in



3" squares -- and then couldn't think how to put them together in something a bit different from a 3 x 4 setting. As I was thinking about that last month, the group swelled to 4000 members strong (yup -- that's four *thousand*!), and Carol designed a block to celebrate that, too. I made that one at 6" and it became the center of a square quilt with the BOM blocks. If you'd like to see it, I have a photo at .

Unfortunately, the photo isn't very good. The pale lavender and the yellow I used all look almost white. I may try to redo the photo later.


Really stunning, Sandy!

~~~~~~~ Laurie G. in CA

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Well now, that is just lovely. Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Sandy!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Oh my, oh wow. How I would love to see that up close and in person. Polly

That looks gorgeous! Also, the colors render perfectly on my monitor, or they look as you describe them. Beautiful!

Rita L.

Sandy wrote:

WOW ! picture's fine

Great job! Your quilting looks really nice too.

marcella

The picture looks great. I love the colors. I need to get brave and really try paper piecing. I have done 1 or 2 practice things that were mini disasters. I have one of Carol's books.

Sherry Starr

That is absolutely beautiful, Sandy. I really love it - all my kinds of favourite things included in one little masterpiece. It's definitely and 'I wish I had made that' quilt. Can't see the quilting on my screen, but I can see the pale lavender and yellow. So very pretty. . In message , Sandy writes

wow! nice job!!! I love it. Launie, in Oregon

Thanks, Roberta. :) Uhhh ... I don't think such a site exists, but perhaps Jeanne can Google it for us? ;) Actually, there are only nine quilt tops finished that I know of, and I don't know how many of those (mine excluded, of course) are now finished quilts. The blocks actually started out to be 12", but I wanted to see what I could do with a smaller size. Some of the other members of the group did them in 6" blocks, and I think one other member made at least a few at 3".

Thanks, Pat! :) I did replace the photo with another that showed the colors a bit better. The quilting isn't anything to brag about; I just don't quite know how I'd have done much with such busy blocks and such tiny pieces, so I just did a sort of curlicue around the set of twelve BOM blocks, a couple of curlicues in the center block, ditch stitching along the very narrow sashings, and a one-sided feather in the border. The top had been 16", but it shrank a bit with the quilting.

I was thinking of you a lot as I was making these little blocks each month, since you're so good at miniatures! It means so much to me that you like it. :)

Thanks, Sherry. :) If you will use Carol's technique, it should work quite nicely for you, if my own experience is any indication. :) I'd tried paper piecing years ago with disastrous results, too, but now I really enjoy it.

Thanks, Marcella. :) I was sort of hoping the quilting didn't really show. ;)

Thanks, Bonnie. :) I replaced the photo with a better one.

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